Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent /

Galeano, Eduardo H., 1940-2015

Open veins of Latin America : five centuries of the pillage of a continent / Eduardo Galeano ; translated by Cedric Belfrage. - 25th anniversary ed. / foreword by Isabel Allende. - New York : Monthly Review Press, c1997. - xiii, 317 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.

Mankind's poverty as a consequence of the wealth of the land -- Lust for gold, lust for silver -- King sugar and other agricultural monarchs -- Invisible sources of power -- Development is a voyage with more shipwrecks than navigators -- Tales of premature death -- Contemporary structure of plunder -- Seven years after. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. pt. 2. ch. 4. ch. 5. pt. 3.

0853459916 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780853459910 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Historia económica


Latin America--Economic conditions.
América Latina --Condiciones económicas

HC 125 / G152o 1997

330.98